equivoque

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A homonym. obsolete
  2. A play on words, a pun.
    — [H]e sported in many other æquivoques of the same nature; and at dinner told the physician, that he was like the root of the tongue, as being cursedly down in the mouth.
  3. Ambiguity or double meaning.
    — [T]he black wisps of women bargaining behind those veils might turn out to be the ballet and coalesce in some dance gaily admitting their equivoque of concealing and proclaiming their sex.
形容词 adj.
  1. Equivocal. obsolete

词形变化

more equivoque comparative most equivoque superlative equivoke alternative æquivoque alternative equivoques plural equivoke alternative æquivoque alternative

词源

词源 1
From Late Latin aequivocus (“ambiguous, equivocal”), from Latin aequus (“equal”) + vocō (“call”).
词源 2
From Late Latin aequivocus (“ambiguous, equivocal”), from Latin aequus (“equal”) + vocō (“call”).
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